American Voices

Violence On Ice

March 1, 2000 | ISSUE 36•07

On Feb. 21, Boston Bruins defenseman Marty McSorley was suspended for the rest of the season for a savage stick hit to the head of Vancouver Canucks left winger Donald Brashear. What do you think of this latest incident of NHL violence and the possibility of criminal prosecution?

  • Hockey players need to learn to sit down and work through their differences through improved communication. That's the premise of my new book, Penguins Are From Pittsburgh, Oilers Are From Edmonton.

    Samantha Krauss
    Author

  • Man, I'd hate to do time in one of them Canadian prisons. I've heard some scary stuff.

    Ed Wyler
    Cashier

  • I hit someone in the face with a stick at Wal-Mart yesterday, and the greeters had me in the cart corral for 10 minutes.

    Doug Rohm
    Welder

  • Wasn't Brashear cushioned from the blow by his long, flowing mane of hockey hair?

    Donna Winters
    Manicurist

  • I can't believe the police would want to get involved just because a man intentionally hit another man with a blunt object with the intent to cause great bodily harm.

    Sam Schneider
    Systems Analyst

  • This sort of violence will stop once the players realize how much it displeases the fans.

    Bruce Thomas
    Attorney

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